New figures from the ESRI suggest antisocial behaviour among young people is shaped not just by individual circumstances, but by the environments they grow up in. Researchers point to neighbourhoods experiencing high levels of disorder and a lack of effective intervention as contributing factors to the problem.

So, what role do communities and local authorities have in tackling that behaviour before it escalates?

For more on this, Shane is joined now by Criminologist and Community Worker Triona O'Connor…